MILAN (AP) - He has been convicted of tax fraud, booted out of the Senate and banned from political office. In any other country, that would be three strikes. But in Italy, Silvio Berlusconi has not lost his political legitimacy, and it will be on full display when the former premier leads his Forza Italia party to meet with Italys president to discuss prospects for a new government after Premier Enrico Lettas resignation Friday. Berlusconis reemergence on Italys political scene comes just days after a court in Naples put him on trial yet again, this time for allegedly paying a senator 3 million euros ($4 million) to switch parties to bring down a rival government. (Copyright 2014 The Associated Press.
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